Injury Report: Kulemin on LTIR-Oct 29th earliest return date

[smitty10]

Dammit Phaneuf, stop injuring your own team-mates! This guy shoots at posts, refs and teammates but never hits the net.

Then how does he score so many goals?

 

[ULF_55]

Three would have made a lot more of a difference.

Last shot of the game in Montreal the other night was blocked/deflected on the way to the net by ...

 

[Hero]

McLaren, Fraser, Kulemin, Clarkson, who's next to miss games?

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

With Kulemin added to the injury list it's going to be a tough game tonight. We'll miss him on the penalty kill and fore check. We'll need a lot of help from the kids.

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Phaneuf already injured another Leaf. Come on!

Phaneuf's gotta quit taking his own players out! Lupul last year and now Kulemin!

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Too bad, this is a big year for Kuli. Hope he returns soon! A beast on the puck and great defensively. Will be tough to fill his skates.

Kulemin is vastly under appreciated. Hope he mends quickly and tears it up when he gets back. Anyone saying Kuli isn't a loss needs to stop watching hockey. He is a good solid 2nd/3rd line player that plays well at both ends of the rink!

Can't someone invent some improved type of foot protector? Today's players just shoot too hard.

 

[ponder]

Can't wait to have both Kulemin and Clarkson back. Raymond-Bolland-Kulemin is going to be an insanely awesome 3rd line! We could confidently play that line against opposing top lines, leaving JVR-Bozak-Kessel and Lupul-Kadri-Clarkson to feast on opposing 2nd-4th lines.

 

[ponder]

Too bad, this is a big year for Kuli. Hope he returns soon! A beast on the puck and great defensively. Will be tough to fill his skates.

Kulemin is vastly under appreciated. Hope he mends quickly and tears it up when he gets back. Anyone saying Kuli isn't a loss needs to stop watching hockey. He is a good solid 2nd/3rd line player that plays well at both ends of the rink!

Can't someone invent some improved type of foot protector? Today's players just shoot too hard.

They're out there, they work well, and don't hinder your skating:
http://www.shotblockers.com/
http://www.skatefenders.com/home.html

Some NHLers wear them, but the majority don't. Why not? Who knows, but logic has never been a strong point for NHL players. Before helmets were mandatory, many refused to wear them. Many players still rock basically-useless Sherwood 5030 shoulder pads, when there are tonnes of highly protective, easy to move in shouldies out there. Many players won't wear visors, despite the obvious safety benefits and few performance hits. All players should really be rocking skate protection, but they don't because they're the type of guys who won't protect themselves unless the league makes it mandatory.

 

[Sip]

Kule should have stood directly in front of the net; no way Phaneuf can hit him there.

 

[ACC1224]

Exactly, they don't hit him!

So you agree your analogy made no sense and is incorrect.

You can practice sacking a QB without hitting him. You can't practice blocking shots without blocking shots.

Were they even practicing this or did he just get hit?

 

[Raym11]

I really like Kulemins game this year even though he doesnt seem to be the offensive player we thought he'd turn out to be.


Grabovski's play although a huge success the first year the KGM line played, IMO was toxic to both linemates the last couple years.

I dont expect 30 goals from Kulemin again but i think anywhere 15-25 range and 40-50 points can happen again on the regular. Combined with how important he is defensively to the team already i dont think we could ask for more without paying too much. Really hope he's re-signed.

heavily kulemin biased, only current leaf player jersey i have lol

 

[thewave]

Kules is the stealth glue of this team, under appreciated under paid. He is so much more the we afford him the opportunity to. He is pretty much the perfect balanced skill power forward.

He is the reason why I didn't think we needed Clarkson considering Kules is better cheaper though less edge he lays people out too. Just saying since the Clarkson signing makes money hard to come by resigning Kules not other reasons.

 

[Deebo]

Kule should have stood directly in front of the net; no way Phaneuf can hit him there.

Amazing how he scores so many goals without being able to hit the net.

 

[Chandrashekhar Limit]

I wanna see him utilized as JVR 2.0 on the 2nd PP unit once he returns. He doesn't have the same hands as JVR, but he can generally score the ugly goals.

EDIT: Just remembered - we have Clarkson for that

 

[Sip]

Amazing how he scores so many goals without being able to hit the net.

It was sort of tongue-in-cheek.

Some nights he's wild with them though.

 

[Warden of the North]

Hes on the LTIR

Damn it.

David Alter ‏@DavidAlter590 1m

Nikolai Kulemin will now be unavailable to return to the #Leafs lineup until Oct 29th against the Oilers at the very earliest.

 

[Hotlanta]

Hes on the LTIR

Damn it.

How much cap space does that create? Can we bring up Liles? I think Ranger needs to do some conditioning before we play him again.

 

[Warden of the North]

How much cap space does that create? Can we bring up Liles? I think Ranger needs to do some conditioning before we play him again.

Not sure. But Brennan was just called up for the road trip so Liles wont be up anytime soon.

 

[ULF_55]

How much cap space does that create? Can we bring up Liles? I think Ranger needs to do some conditioning before we play him again.

Well they had only a 900k relief with Liles in the minors, so it would be close

Kulemin 2.8+.9=3.7
Liles 3.9

This might be the strategy?

 

[egd27]

Well they had only a 900k relief with Liles in the minors, so it would be close

Kulemin 2.8+.9=3.7
Liles 3.9

This might be the strategy?

The cost to bring up Liles is only 950K as the rest of his salary is already included in the cap. So Kulemin on LTIR gives us plenty of room for Liles if desired.

 

[StuckOutHere]

Kule should have stood directly in front of the net; no way Phaneuf can hit him there.

All he needs to worry about is his face.

 

[ULF_55]

The cost to bring up Liles is only 950K as the rest of his salary is already included in the cap. So Kulemin on LTIR gives us plenty of room for Liles if desired.

You're right, I was looking at it from the other angle ... and I'd like to call that angle "wrong".

So they are now in a favorable cap situation.

 

[SprDaVE]

Michael Traikos ‏@Michael_Traikos
Kulemin (bone chip in his right ankle) still walking around in protective boot. Says he might try skating soon. #leafs

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris
Nikolai Kulemin is still wearing a walking boot on his right foot and ankle. Looks like it'll still be awhile before he's back.

Minor updates on Kulemin.

 

[BonMorrison]

For **** sake.

Looks like we'll have to settle for a 70 assist season. He was on pace for it.

 

[ULF_55]

Minor updates on Kulemin.

For **** sake.

Looks like we'll have to settle for a 70 assist season. He was on pace for it.

They'll just have to keep playing the Runnin Ronnies style until everyone is back.